HEY DJ 4Uheydj4u.com“I Will Survive” by Gloria Gaynor
“I Will Survive” by Gloria Gaynor finished No. 6 on the year-end Top 100 of 1979, the chart of the songs that did best over the whole year, making it one of the ten biggest hits of the year.
Year-end peakNo. 61979
Year-end charts11979
ArtistGloria Gaynor2 year-end hits
Decade1970ssee the decade’s Top 100
The No. 1 song of 1979 was “My Sharona” by The Knack. Gloria Gaynor had 2 different songs on the year-end charts.
Play “I Will Survive”. Hear it on the Hey DJ 4U decks, then mix it with the rest of the 1979 chart.
▶ Play it♪ Apple MusicAround it on the 1979 chart
| # | Song | Artist | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Le Freak | Chic | ▶♪ |
| 4 | Da Ya Think I'm Sexy | Rod Stewart | ▶♪ |
| 5 | Reunited | Peaches and Herb | ▶♪ |
| 6 | I Will Survive | Gloria Gaynor | ▶♪ |
| 7 | Hot Stuff | Donna Summer | ▶♪ |
| 8 | Y.M.C.A. | Village People | ▶♪ |
| 9 | Ring My Bell | Anita Ward | ▶♪ |
More hits by Gloria Gaynor
| # | Song | Artist | Year-end | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never Can Say Goodbye | Gloria Gaynor | 1975 #71 | ▶♪ |
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Source: Billboard’s year-end singles chart, as compiled on Wikipedia. Hey DJ 4U is an independent site, not affiliated with Billboard. Spotted an error? Tell us.